Articles by Doc Mike Finnley

Subsets Let’s suppose that set \(S\) contains a full deck of playing cards. Therefore, \(|S|=52\). We can split the cards into four suits: \(♠,♣,♥,♦\). Let’s make a set \(T\) that contains only the clubs suit [more…]

Before we can start to solve some counting problems we need to know a little of combinatorics’ notation. Luckily, a few simple rules should get us started. Don’t worry if it doesn’t make sense, that [more…]